Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Founder and editor of Everything in Moderation* with 15+ years of working in media strategy. Ben has led content moderation teams for news organisations and is co-host of the Ctrl-Alt-Speech podcast
Apr
21

Is this what assessing risk *actually* looks like?

Regulators have spent years trying to get platforms to anticipate harm before it happens. Anthropic’s Mythos release suggests some AI labs may already be adopting similar principles.
4 min read
Apr
17

An AI model most dangerous, Europe’s child safety muddle and Altman fights back

The week in content moderation - edition #333
6 min read
Apr
13

How to operationalise platform policy at scale

T&S Insider’s practical, step-by-step guide to making policies consistently enforceable by human reviewers, machine learning models, or LLMs — or a combination of all three
15 min read
Apr
10

Moderation hits the big screen, NYT covers teen chatbots and AI startup raises $12m

The week in content moderation - edition #332
5 min read
Apr
03

Social media ban 'isn't working', $100m AI war chest and Bickert steps down

The week in content moderation - edition #331
6 min read
Mar
27

Platform design in the dock, Meta all in on AI moderation and Block Party gets bought

The week in content moderation - edition #330
6 min read
Mar
25

How London became a Trust & Safety hub

5 min read
Mar
20

The great AI music grift, Section 230's next fight and more Meta whistleblowers

The week in content moderation - edition #329
6 min read
Mar
13

AI content needs 'new rules', UK goes Henry VIII and T&S researchers file suit

The week in content moderation - edition #328
7 min read
Mar
10

The best T&S Insider reads from the last two years

Ben revisits some of Alice’s most thoughtful newsletters editions from the past two years — and explains why they matter more than ever
4 min read